It may be a blessing that the eroding economy claimed Gov. Charlie Crist's ambitious plan to buy 180,000 acres for Everglades' restoration. ...more

April 13, 2009

Bradenton Sen. Mike Bennett has come up with a slippery way to kill Everglades restoration. He's demanding the state's plan to purchase 180,000 acres in the Everglades from U.S. Sugar be put to a vote by affected taxpayers. ...more

February 24, 2009

Think of Route 66 and several names come to mind: Bobby Troup, who wrote "Route 66"; John Steinbeck, who proclaimed it the Mother Road in "The Grapes of Wrath"; Will Rogers, whose face appears on plaques and is carved in granite memorials all along the old highway. ...more

February 20, 2009

If Santa would only bring the Crystal Beach Community Association a check for $16,000, its members could finish refurbishing the civic group's famed fishing pier. In lieu of that, the group has formed the nonprofit Crystal Beach Community Enrichment in hopes of garnering enough contributions to complete the much-needed renovations. ...more

December 27, 2008

A report on the Everglades restoration from the national Academy of Sciences should spark prompt action in Washington and Tallahassee. ...more

October 18, 2008

East German leader Erich Honecker proclaimed in 1989 that the Berlin Wall could remain in place for another 100 years. But his faith in East German construction was almost as off the mark as his political instincts. The Wall opened for traffic a few months after Honecker spoke. Now the remaining pieces are crumbling. ...more

October 16, 2008

A man who has felt like a part of the place since its beginnings is welcoming the changes. ...more

October 10, 2008

We'd like your opinion on the origin and value of a cast-iron circus wagon that was recently purchased in France. It is marked "Overland Circus" and includes a cast-iron tiger. ...more

September 25, 2008

Some of Florida's U.S. House members complained Wednesday about being kept in the dark during the state's secret negotiations of a $1.75 billion proposed buyout of U.S. Sugar Corp. ...more

July 31, 2008

Restoration work is nearly ready to begin at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, which was damaged by a fire. ...more

December 5, 2007